Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest heart failure death rate
22 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Parkland Medical Center, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Catholic Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.1% | 11.9% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Parkland Medical Center | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Parkland Medical Center |
| 2 | Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | — | 12.8%, 84th percentile | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital |
| 3 | Catholic Medical Center | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 11.1%, 96th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Catholic Medical Center |
| 4 | Frisbie Memorial Hospital | 10.3%, 64th percentile | — | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Frisbie Memorial Hospital |
| 5 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital |
| T6 | Huggins Hospital | 10.5%, 60th percentile | — | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Huggins Hospital |
| T6 | Southern NH Medical Center | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Southern NH Medical Center |
| 8 | New London Hospital | 10.7%, 56th percentile | — | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | — | — | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare New London Hospital |
| 9 | Exeter Hospital Inc | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Exeter Hospital Inc |
| 10 | Cottage Hospital | 11.3%, 44th percentile | — | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Cottage Hospital |
| 11 | Cheshire Medical Center | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Cheshire Medical Center |
| 12 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Wentworth-Douglass Hospital |
| 13 | Valley Regional Hospital | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | — | 18.1%, 13th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Valley Regional Hospital |
| 14 | Speare Memorial Hospital | 12.1%, 28th percentile | — | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Speare Memorial Hospital |
| 15 | The Memorial Hospital | 12.2%, 27th percentile | — | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare The Memorial Hospital |
| 16 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 6.3%, 97th percentile | — | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital- Laconia |
| 17 | Concord Hospital | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Concord Hospital |
| T18 | St Joseph Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
| T18 | Elliot Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Elliot Hospital |
| T20 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Portsmouth Regional Hospital |
| T20 | Monadnock Community Hospital | 13.1%, 14th percentile | — | 21.8%, 1st percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Monadnock Community Hospital |
| 22 | Androscoggin Valley Hospital | 14.6%, 5th percentile | — | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | 10.1%, 14th percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Androscoggin Valley Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.